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To-day I must go and bathe in the Ganges ; 
Listen, I must go and bathe in the Jamna. 
Bathe in the Ganges, 
Bathe in the Jamna, 
I must dip in the Sarju. 
Notes. 
This is a pilgrim’s song sung in the mornings on the road to the 
sacred rivers. 
The Sar’ju River is in Audh ; but it is here said to be used for the 
Ghag’ra River in Audh which runs past Faizabad, etc., and is very sacred. 
The son^ is in Hindi. 
ghota , Is a corruption of ghota Aby; Arabic, ghota Iagana is to 
dip, dive. The usual word in this sense is jhakola. See art. jhakola in 
Fallon’s New Hind. Diet. Gota jf^T is the usual Hindi form of this word, 
but ghota is what the singer said was correct here. 
14. 
Ud, ud, kunjariyo ni, ha n ! 
Ani Mae, Sawan mahina aya ; 
Ani Mae, Sawan mahina aya. 
Ani meri Ma n, ho ! 
Ud, ud, kunjariyo ! 
Ani Mae, ping haw jhutan jana ; 
Ani Mae, pinghaw jhiitan jana. 
Ani meri Maw, ho ! (bard) 
lidngrd. 
Fly, fly, 0 wagtails, yes ! 
O mother, the month of Sawan has come ; 
0 mother, the month of Sawan has come. 
O my mother, ho ! 
Fly, fly, 0 wagtails ! 
O mother, we must go and swing; 
0 mother, we must go and swing. 
0 my mother, ho ! (da capo) 
Notes. 
This song, very popular in Kangra, is only sung during the month of 
Sawan (July-August). The festival of the Doll Fair (minjarou or gurion 
led meld) is held in Sawan throughout Northern India. Local customs re¬ 
garding it differ. In Kangra, they are as follows : every man, woman and 
child goes to the river-side near the fort at Kangra, at least once during 
Sawan, on a Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday, which must have been previously 
fixed on by a kind of mental vow. On this occasion they must wear a doll 
